From: Maxim Yegorushkin (maxim.yegorushkin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-10 05:58:05
On 4/10/06, Phil Nash <phil.nash.lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> > True. Boost have long ignored these issues, no wonder they accepted it
> > tentatively.
>
> The thing is, lexical_cast in its current implementation, is simple and
> elegant, and perfectly usable for most cases.
In the real world practicality beats purity. The fact is people do not
use boost::lexical_cast because of the aforementioned problems.